Part 6 · Jazz · Chapter 80
While the ride and hi-hat keep time, the left hand adds short snare notes called comping (from “accompanying”). Comping answers the soloist and pushes the band.
The method is simple: keep the time pattern completely steady and move a single comp note around it.
These fall between ride notes: the hardest ones.
If your ride pattern changes when the snare comes in, you’re not independent yet. Slow down until the ride stays exactly the same.